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The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-02-04

paper money 10 the greenbackr. The
substitution can be effected a. q mere
mater Of Treasury administration
whenever two indispensable condi-
tons are frat fulfilled by Congress.
Congress has but to remove the de-
bris OF two past errors OF our prede-
cessors In order to efectually avert
monetary difficulties which are now
imminent, and TO renew commercial
prosperity which will dispel the
mephitic atmosphere OF our 60 called
labor troubles The repeal OF the
compulsory silver purchases (act OF
February 28, 1878 Is the first and In.
dispensable condition. Toe repeal OF
the compulsory post redemption re-
issues OF United States notes TACT OF
May 81, 1881 is the next and only
other condition. As the evil is at our
door, l cannot c)nceive that the case
admits further delay.
the Secretary renews the expression
of his hope that the Forty-ninth Con-
gress before its sdiou nment will en-
ter upon the residue OF work which
demands attention from the peoples
representatives, and that IL will at
once begin to untlx the clothing Of
10000. 900 people by repeal OF duty
on raw wool. He submits an interest
ing table covering the whole field OF
Federal taxation, which he was not
strong enough to perfect in time to 90
in with bis annual report.
In response to the second and third
inquiries OF TIE House the Secretary
says that from August 4, 1885. 81 and
So notes 10 the amount Of 81 sos, $3.50
were destroyed, but that the notes
destroyed have been more than re-
placed by the 81 and So certificates Is
sued between Angus A and December
81, 1885, which amounted to $8,7l7,-
$50.
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A DRUNKEN RIOT.
A Crowd OF HOOdIums ON Debauch
Have u Free Fight Tn "a saloon.

CHICAGO, ILL.,, February ga small
riot took place on North Market early
this morning, which promises serious
results and alarmed the neighbors, be-
sides damaging the saloon which
served as the battle-ground. A crowd
Of intoxicated men took possession OF
Andrew Vader's barroom, No. 272
Market street, shortly sfIer midnight,
and closed the front door. Another
crowd came along about o'clock and
demanded admission, hearing the
voices aud neeing the light within. Be-
ing refused and dehed by the incum-
beDtJ they commenced to throw
etones. This was replied to from the
inside with bottles and other missiles.
Finally pistols were drawn on beth
sides, number Of shots being fred.
Police officers came upon the scene as
the riot was at it's hight and arrested
seven young men. John Faith, one of
the number, had his arm shot. All
gave bonds for hearing tomorrow.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-02-04
THREE NEGROES LYNCHED
BY u Mob OF Masked Men for n Dia-
bOlieal Crime.

ST.. LOUIS, Mo, February ga spe-
Cial from San Antonio, Tex, says: 4
mob OF masked men, about thirty. live
strong, entered the jail at Seguin,
county seat OF Guadalupe county, yes.
terday morning, and after overpower-
ing the jailer, took three negroes, Coly
Thompson, Andy Williams and War
rem Wilson, and hanged them to as
many trees in full view Of the town.
On each victim was tackled this notice :
"Killed for murder aud arson" The
crime for which they were hanged
was diabolicAl one. Several week
ago they attacked camp Of four Mex
leans and shot two Of them to death.
The other two barely escaped. They
then besped brush on the bodies Of
their victims and burned them almost
to crisp. None Of the mob have bsen
arrested.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-02-04
A CHASTITY SIGHT.
The Butchered Bodies OF n Man
and Woman Discovered.

BREsLAU, l.. l., February S.-This
village was thrown into great excite
ment over the horrible discovery this
morning in a house in the back woods,
about mile and a half from tie viii
lage, OF the dead bodies of a man and
woman, Germans, whose names have
not yet been learned. The house is
situated some distance off the main
road. The mans body was lying in a
pool OF blood on the floor in room
down stairs with the throat cut ftom
ear to ear. The woman's was found
In bedr pom up status with the head
severe1 from the body. Both hal
evidently been dad five or six days,
as decomposition had already set in.
Il is supposed that they were muir
dered and robbed. There is no oleW
to the perpetrators OF the deed.
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Chambers Among Hor.ea.

CHICAGO, Ill, Feb. "a special
from Springfield, ILL.,, says: Gases of
glanders among the horses on twelve
farms in Marshall county have been
reported to the State Board of Live
Stock Commissioners. Eight other in
fected farms have beloie been re-
ported. Reports were also received of
the discovery OF pleuro. pneumonia
among cattle at Warsaw and Farmer
City. Veterinarians have been sent
10 the various places named To make
examinations and quarantine injected
,tock.
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40 REDEEMED.

On Tuesday last 400 delegates
from its locals met as D. A. 4e in
New York to elect delegates to
the general assembly at Minneap-
oils. The struggle lasted from g
a. m. to a. m, the next day.
Twelve delegates were to be elect
ed; of these the Socialists, Trades
Unionists and anti-Powderly men
secured eleven and the Home
Clubbers" left in fury, swearing
that now they would "disband the
order"
This is victory not anticipated
and is prophetic of an honest ses-
sion of the general assembly.
News of another victory comes
to hand as we go to press: Joe
Labadie has been elected from
Detroit, Michigan.
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A CUR.

Even so big a rascal as Grant
had the merit of sticking to his
friends. He defended them and
when they fell stuck by them,
Even the most contemplate of
men will protect their tools and
agents.
In view of this characteristic
common alike to almost all men,
the latest news from the Palace is
instructive. 1t shows to what
moral depths a human can descend.
Powderly, on receiving the news
of the defeat of the major portion
of the executive board as dele
gates to the Minneapolis conven-
ton now disavows them, lays up
on their backs all of the blame for
the many infamies that have been
perpetrated, and whines for a new
executive board to be appointed by
himself as the president appoints
his cabinet!
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A NASTY PLOT.

The general headquarters of the
K. of L. are intriguing wherever
they can by trickery to bar out the
honest men from Minneapolis.
A suspicious instance is close at
hand. D. A. SO at its last meet
ing, the largest and most repre-
sentative of the year, by more
than a two-thirds vote elected J.
R. Buchanan as their delegate.
Immediately after his election and
repeatedly thereafter the secre-
tary of the district wrote to Litch-
man the general secretary for
blank forms of credentials to be
filled out and forwarded as re-
quired, a certain specified time
after the meeting. No answer
could be got until finally an extra
sharp letter, registered, brought
the credentials to hand on Wednes-
day. They were filled out and
forwarded instantly, but by the
time they reach headquarters the
time limit will have expired and
doubtless the bosses will try and
make this an excuse for exclud-
ing Buchanan as they did Morri-
son last year.
Let honest delegates be warned
of the plot in time.
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THE TRAITOR!

In the Argonam, the national
Organ of the American know
Nothing Aristocracy) Party" its
cause of existence is thus stated;
~This vermin (she working eiass) IL
swsrsatng and b.comtng dangerous from
number, bold from necessity, desperate
fssn hungert tt threatens social order,
the security OF property, and the preser-
walton OF individual rights. The time
has co.e when the small differences that
aivtdra Ysnk and Rebel should be lost
sight Of and forgotten In the presence ofa
greater peril. This land 10 under the
shadow OF = greater danger than that OF
slavery, u nearer 20 = more fearful brink
than when u unsheathed swords tn civil
war. There is need Of the pure.breti
Americans who, for 25O years,
have lived In the south land, pre-
served BY the tnssitutton OF slavery from
that more direful curse Of criminal Euro
psan tnvasient preserved, by owning
labor, from It's tnsurreettoms and unlaw-
fsi uprtsingst preserved from dynamite
and discomfort BY an entire absence from
iss territory OF the vicious, disseminated,
and dangerous element that In our msr<
Northern etties holds sway, and N s1r
Northern states 10 becoming An element
81 terrsr."
The following from the Phila-
delphia Press of August %, just to
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"E/miejt piye a short hint to a,

"BImgAt give a short hint to an
impartial i0yitfy, ii svOnld be to tell
him his fate. Dhe resoives to ven-
tire on he dangerous preeipiee Of
telling unbiased truth. let him pro-
claim 7oay aoiM mankind-netkley
to give nor 10 take quarter. Dhe
tells Mf crimes of great men, they
fall upon him soiM tie iron hand Of
the M7c, 1hf tells them of vi,tnes,
when they haze any, then the mot at
Meks him sViM slandtv. BIT If he
regards truth, let him expect martyr
dem on boM sides, and then he may
~ on fearless. '-DE Foe.
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search for truth he would be sit
ting on the front seat with the
Socialists and with the reddest
kind of hair before many months
were past.
The meetings were changed to
Wednesday nights and the law
yers again invited to attend at the
next session. Adjourned.
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TO PATRONS OF THE ENQUIRER.

Until further notice, Chas. M.
Johnson is authorized to receive
and receipt for money and trans
act any business pertaining to the
business management of THE La
BoR ENQUIRER. He can always be
found at the Office of the paper,
1918 Arapahoe street, between the
hours of 7 a. m. and 6 p. m.
Any communication for me,
addressed 3I4S Larimer street,
will receive prompt attention.
{. w. EYE,
Business Manager.
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LABOR AND LAW.
The Labor Party Debates the
Important Question Of
ju stice.
A Large Crowd Attend in the
New and COmmOdiOus sHall
Of Science"

7. G. Ashton presided and the
choir did some excellent singing.
The Prohibitionists sent letter
backing down from the proposed
debate with St. John on the Satur-
day before Labor Day, whereat the
Club was wrothy.
Millett said the reason the law
yers were again absent was be-
cause they were afraid of being
jumped on and made to appear
ridiculous if they came. Mr.. Has
kell moved that the secretary re-
assure them an d impress upon
the m that they need not be afraid,
we were only ignorant and in
quisitive workingmen. But there
were number Of lawyers present
nevertheless.
Mr.. Davis, Mr.. Croxton, Pat
O'Daily, E. O.. Cochrane, Mr..
Millett and others had each some
thing pertinent to say but crowded
colums prevent full report.
Mr.. Knapp, a lawyer, defended
his class. If we wanted Socialism
perhaps lawyers ought to be abol-
ished. But if we were discussing
the present situation, the lawyers
ought to be held innocent of
wrong until they were proved
guilty. He didn't know what So
cialism was but wanted illumina-
ton.
Mr.. Haskell contended that
lawyers had an ethical duty to
perform which they failed to car
Try out.
J. w. Mills in a long and elo-
quent reply admitted that his class
failed in their duty, but did they
do so any more than the balance
of the community? Now is the
time to questio on everything and
everybody. To say to ALL men
and women, what do you stand
for2 What are you doing to prove
your right to live off of the unpaid
labor of thousands of starving
men, women and children?
Mr.. Mills got in some Prohibi-
ton proprgan da then in great
style and wanted all the Socialists
and Labor Party men to come
along and help him out in that
party 6rst,-they would then set
tie the labor question.
Mr.. Haskell thought that a
gentleman of Mr.. Mills eloquence
was wasting time in talking pro:
hibition; if he kept up his earnest
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will md out that half his friends didn't
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Q cent, and the world at large didn't keep any
account OF his movements. You will hnd
things you cannot endorse In every paper.
Even the Bible Ia rather plain and hits some
hard licks. II you were TO get mad and burn
your Bible, the hundreds OF presses would
still 70 on printing them and II you were TO
stop your paper. and call the editor all sorts
OF ugly names, the paper would still be pub
.lshed, and what II more you would slip
around and borrow q copy Of II every week
from your neighbor. You would do much bet
Ter 10 keep your vest pulled down and your
subscription paid up year In advance.
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a CA n d.

TO al who are suffering from tho errors and
indiscretions Of youth. nervous weakness. early
decay ioss OF manhood. &C., will send recipe
that will euro you. FREE OF CHARGE. This great
remedy was discovered BY missionary In south
America. send self-addresssd envelope to tho
Rxv. JosxPH T. ISxAN. Ssesox D. Ne,e Yerk c,s,,
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hand is another proof of the.
adage that a Judas is always and
forever a Judas.

adage that a Judas is always and
forever Judas.
"Ths old war cry Of the Knsw-Noth-
ing party, America for Americana viii
again bs raissd IN the presidential can-
Patsn Of 1883 By new American party,
come forth like Lazarus from the tomb OF
the old.
.Duttng the celebration Of the CONSTR
suiional sentennial In shis city prepar-
asory cenvsnsfsn viii b held, at which
delegates from thirty eight states will b
present. cali for this eonvention has
already been drafted by . body known ~
srhe Ameriean National Committee,'
composed sf Some twenty Or thirty men.
Although this com .ittss has been work
ing very quietly, they have been for over
. year In active correspendsnes with
more or less preminent people through.
eut the country, and have laid = founda.
tien for solid party organisation.
They claim among their NUMBER ever
l,50O, 900 persons, members Of societies
whose purpose 10 % insulcats purely
American ideas, some Of which are .
survival OF some Of the Knew-Nothing
organizations Of 1874.
GENERAL MATTER WORKMAN
POWDERLY u A PROMINENT MEM.
BER OF THIS NEW PARTY"
am proud to republish what l
said of this fraud and traitor, jan
uary |, ISS7-"The Song of the
Flag"
dedicated TO Terence v. Povderiy.,
ARGUMENT: N have no respect for the
man or men who will faunt the red fag,'
etc.-T. V. Powderly.
"Powderly was at one time q member Of
the Socialist party and probably yet has his
scarlet cards.. E. Shevitsch.
'Tis the blood Of the Poor for ages shed,
The blood Of the Children who cry for
bread,
The blood Of the women to Hunger wed.
That dyes me this color,-that dyes me
RED.
am red for Che Past, for those who sleep;
Yet, scarlet TO herald the advent OF Morn
am red to give promise to those who weep
Yet red as menace the traitor to warn.
Your face was once set TO where the snn
rises;
Your step kept rythm with those Of the
free.
Some men are thus-to them It suffices
II gold fills their fingers; 1t is so with thee.
Scarlet the wrongs. and scarlet the shames
Scarlet the blood that sets men free;
Scarlet the shame that soils their names,
Judas, Arnold, Monk and THEE!
re- n
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THE COMING SLAVERY.

Frank Pixley in the A,gonaut of
August I3, comes out boldly and
as a solution of the labor difficult
ty" in California favors "the repeal
of the law restricting Chinese i'm
migration and to permit adult
Chinese male laborers to come to
this country"
In the same issue Mr.. Pixley
desires all the naturalization laws
repealed. We need foreign cheap
labor, he says, but we must re-
serve to ourselves the authority to
control this uneducated mob"
In the Argonam of August 20,
because Chairman Anderson of
the Pacific railroads commission
asked Leland Stanford certain per-
tinent questions about congress
sional bribery, Mr.. Pixley says:
"Mr. Stowe would have beenjus-
tilted in personally chastising the
chairman of the commission for
his offensive interrogation, and
Governor Stanford would have
been excusable if he had rung for
his colored porter and had him
lead Ex-Governor Anderson from
the building by the ear and kick
him at its portal" "
Not a single great daily of this
land has dared to score this re-
mark as it deserves to be scored.
And why3 Mr.. Pixley himself
supplies the answer. He voices
the feelings and spirit of the aris-
tocracy and they already have de-
termined upon their course; they
mean an empire, the fall of the
republic, the creation of a blooded
aristocracy; and they have already
erected the Notifications that sur
round the citadel of their hopes,
What forces guard these trenches
Pixley tells us when he says that
for these ideas there already are
organized and standing on guard
"the American party, the order of
Masonry, the Protestant church,
and the secret order of the patri
otic sons"
And the daily press of this land
like towards as they are either
dare not expose and denounce the
reasonable plot, or else they are
payhetps er1minis.
When was editor of Truth |
received from certain hands an
account of the mysterious "Order
of Empire" existing in America.
Before publishing it wrote let
ters of inquiry to some of the al
legged members but could get no
response. After publication l
challenged any denial of its truth
but still only the deepest silence
reigned. The developments of
the succeeding years convince me
that such reasonable organization
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operated in the interests of aris-
tocracy, really exists in this land
and that it actually designs the
future complete enslavement of
the working people.
Let the true democrats, the real
lovers of the republic, rally then
in defense of the people! For
them there is but one army where
the true banners are displayed.
Before but one legion is borne
the fasces with the axe tnrned to
the 'front.' Within the ranks of
but one phalanx burns the
sacred Torch of Trnth! Over the
heads of but one army corps floats
side by side the first and the last
of stainless American flags,-the
one of scarlet unfurled at Prospect
Hill in I775, the other a ragged
piece of the skies of heaven, flung
to the breeze at Harper's Ferry!
Scarlet, Significant the
flag float out straight in the wind!
Its Color-Guard are the ghosts of
JEFFERSON, of LINCOLN and of
JOHN BROWN,
A CROWN in American Nay
not until we of the younger gener-
alton shall be dead and buried.
The Labor enquirer., 1887-08-27
District Assembly No. IA.

District Assembly No. SO meets on the 4th
Sundays OF January, April, July and October
OF each year. This District has Jurisdiction
over tne entire State of Colorado excepting
the Union Pacific r. R. employe.). =
All locals at present attached to the Gen.
eral Assembly In this State are earnestly
requested to take steps at once toward attach.
ing to D. A. 80.
All locals in the State should he WORKING
under one State head to do efyectivo worL
For further particulars Communicate With
Z. w EYE, d. r. S. of ID. A. 10.
Hn 20 ytfS2l "' D'A'e'' 0o'o'
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sEAMEN, TAKE NOTICE

The Coast Seamen's Union is the Back
bone OF the Pacific Coast Labor Move
ment. Capital has subscribed large sums
tc break it up and threatens to import
men from the East and abroad. There
are on the Pacific Coast now three men
tor every place, Therefore keep away
from San Francisco.
The COAST SEAMEN's UNION.
HEADQUARTERS, 513H East Street, San
Francisco. California. 7
January l, 1887. /
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PENrEcosT in last weeks Sand
ard has fine picture of the world
a century hence,-free bread,
baths, transit and domicile, no
poverty, no nillionaires. And he
says the 1and-tax" did it. 1t
never will and it never can. His
pictured results can be the results
of Socialism alone.
The Labor enquirer., 1887-08-27

Mr.. Block, secretary of the Ma
tional Bakers Union, was expell-
ed from the United (George) La
Dor Party" because he believed in
Socialism though he was not a
member of the Socialist Party.
This from the Clique of mental
liberty" is par ralizing indeed.
The Labor enquirer., 1887-08-27

Many new lines were placed on
exhibition during the past week.
Each day we will have some late
novelty as a fresh attraction. Our
prices will continue to be the low
est and we ask the public to at
least make us visit of inspection.
JAS. G. KILPATRIcK,
1t I7I7 to 1923 Lawrence St.
The Labor enquirer., 1887-08-27

LABOR DAY celebration in Den
yer under he auspices of the
Trades Assembly promises to be
successfully celebrated.
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The Social League

Liz 9oCIdI i9agUS
The business meetings of the
SOCIAL LEAGUE will be held every
Sunday at 3 p. m. at the Hall of
Science, 18th and Arapahoe Gin
stead of Tuesday,. =. All Socialists
who desire to identity themselves
with the aOo,kixg force are invited
to attend and join. Public propa-
ganda meetings every Sunday
night at 8 p. m. at the same hall.
Everybody invited. If
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Ra RrlaG.

Correspondents and contributors are noH-
fed again that brevity is the soul Of wit. No
long articles will be inserted In TIE EN-
QUEER. More than two columns on any
one subject Is fiat, stale and Improbable.
Please be kind enough also to understand
that we are voicing the LABOR department
Of reform and haye nothing to do with the
religious or sex questions.
The Labor enquirer., 1887-08-27

H0IIcan live at home, and make more
Viii money at work for us, than at any-
I'LL thing else in this world. Capital
1 VOnOt needed; you are started free.
Both sexes; all ages. Anyone can do the
work. Large earnings sure from first start
Costly outfit and terms free. Better not de-
!ay. Costs you nothing to send us your ad-
dress and find out; II you are wise you will
do so at ono. II. HAlLETT q ~ p".t
land. Maine. a ~
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THE George men" and the
"Powderly men" combined with
the "old party men, in the New
York Central Labor Union last
Sunday and attempted to elect
Hugh McWhoriskey for grand
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marshal of the Labor Day parade.
The Socialists and Trades Union
lists combined and beat him out of
sight. John Morrison was the
man they combined on.
The Labor enquirer., 1887-08-27

H. M. HYNpMAN in London Jus
ice of August 6 has review of
eve ents which is of grave inter-
est and exceeding Importance.
Crowded out of this numbers
also are several other articles-it
will appear in our next.